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Greetings!
The past week has been filled with both grief and hope. Grief, as we mourn the tragic death of Aalok Modi, one of the co-leaders of the Duke Global Health Student Action Committee and a valued part of the global health community at Duke. Hope, as we joined with friends and colleagues at the first annual Blue Jean Ball to raise money for Duke OB/GYN's efforts in Africa.
There has also been much planning going on over the past few weeks and months, culminating in the approval last week of the Third Year Track in Global Health for medical students at Duke, and also in the selection of the inaugural class of residents for Duke's Global Health Residency. Congratulations to all involved in these educational endeavors.
A special thanks to John Bartlett, MD, our guest speaker at the Feb. 14 University Seminar on Global Health. If you missed the talk about research in Tanzania, you can read one person's reaction at the Duke Research Blog. (The blog is just one part of a recently launched Duke Research website.) There will also be an opportunitiy to learn more about research in Africa at the upcoming University Seminar on Global Health with Bob Einterz from Indiana University on March 6.
Keep reading for more information about global health activities at Duke. And as always, if you have items you think we should cover, let us know by emailing marsha.green@duke.edu.
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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW: Remembering Aalok Modi
Duke junior Aalok Modi collapsed and died Feb. 14. Aalok was an alumnus of the Global Health Focus class and was one of the leaders of the Duke Global Health Student Action Committee.
NEW: Blue Jean Ball Raises Money for Women's Health Friends and colleagues danced and dined to raised about $40,000 for Duke's efforts in women's health in Africa.
NEW: Global Health Residency Announces Inaugural Class
Maria Almond (Psychiatry), Holly Biggs (Medicine), Stephen Parker (Neurosurgery), and Brandi Vasquez, (Ob/Gyn) have been accepted as the first four residents in Duke's new Global Health Residency Program.
NEW: New Third Year Study Program in Global Health for Medical Students
Duke's School of Medicine has approved a Third Year Study Program in Global Health. Dennis Clements, MD, will direct the program.
NEW: University Seminars on Global Health
The video of Mark Rosenberg's Jan 10 lecture on Traffic Deaths is now posted on the seminars page of our website, as is a link to the Duke Research Blog about John Bartlett's Feb. 14 lecture on research in Tanzania, and information about the upcoming March 6 lecture by Bob Einterz, from Indiana University, on "Responding to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Power of Academic Medical Partnerships."
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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
NEW: Presolicitation for US-China Global Climate Change Partnership Program
USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) plans to issue a Request for Applications (RFA) on technical assistance activities in China relating to global climate change.
NEW: NICHD and NIMH Soliciting Research Applications on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
Deadlines: Mar. 10, 2008 (letters of intent); Apr. 10, 2008 (applications)
Duke Global Health Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships in Global Health
Deadline: March 10, 2008
Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life Research Grants Program
Awards of up to $15,000 for faculty or postdoctoral fellows at Duke, UNC-CH or NCCU.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences Funding Opportunity for MIDAS
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EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
NEW: American Medical Student Association Global Health Internships in Washington DC, March - June 2008
NEW: DUCIS Graduate Awards for Research and Training
Deadline: Mar. 5, 2008
NEW: DUCIS Undergraduate Travel Awards
Deadline: Mar. 3, 2008
Student Conference on Globalization and the Universality of Human Rights:
Conference to be held April 10-13 in Illinois. Scholarship applications due Feb. 25
O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health for third- and fourth-year medical students
Deadline: February 28, 2008
Burroughs Welcome Fund
New Award for Graduate Education Programs Unifying Population and Laboratory Based Science. Deadline for Letters of Intent: March 3
Duke Global Health Institute Student Fieldwork and Research Grants
Deadline: March 15, 2008
Harvard Junior Research Fellows:
12-month opportunity for recent college graduates to train with Harvard Faculty and Senior Researchers on a variety of global health related projects. Deadline March 15, 2008
Apply to NIH/Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows Program:
Deadline April 30, 2008
For more opportunities, visit the Education Announcements page on our website. |
Call for Papers/Posters/Abstracts
John Hopkins Malaria Institute's Fourth International Malaria Conference:
The conference will be held March 17-18, 2008 in Baltimore, MD. Deadline for poster and abstracts is February 27, 2008
Center on Global Change Request for Proposals
The Center on Global Change (CGC) is soliciting proposals from Duke faculty to establish innovative collaborations in all aspects of global change science, policy, and education.
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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
NEW: DGHI Projects for Summer 2008
There are still positions available for fieldwork opportunities this summer in:
Vulnerable Children Research and Care in Rwanda
Nutrition and Disease in South Africa
Hospital Services in Uganda
Clinical Services in Togo, Africa
Please apply as soon as possible.
NEW: Information Session on Rwandan Fieldwork Opportunity Feb. 22
Learn more about summer opportunities working with children through the United Methodist Church's ZOE program.
NEW: Local Volunteer Opportunities
Check out the new list of local volunteer opportunities, including "TAKE IT BACK", an event on March 4 with the Durham Public Schools centered on keeping youth free from the influence of alcohol.
Youth Scholarship Competition for AIDS Walk Africa 2008 in Swaziland:
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has announced a new initiative to fund you (ages 18-25) to participate in their annual AIDS Walk. Deadline for full scholarship application February 29, 2008
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IN THE NEWS
The Durham Herald Sun publicized the Blue Jean Ball hosted February 16 by the Duke University Medical Center. The ball was hosted to help with obstetrics and gynecology in Kenya.
In light of the current violence in Kenya, the Chronicle published an article about the reactions of Kenyans in Durham. The article talks of the dozens of Kenyans that gather weekly at the Palace International Restaurant to discuss their troubled homeland. |
ONLINE RESOURCE
Each week we highlight an external resource of interest to those working in global health. This week we present the Global Health Clinical Tools pages from the Duke University Medical Center Library.
The Duke University Medical Center Library has developed customized Web pages for Duke partner sites so that local practitioners who do not have access to Duke collections can easily access quality medical information online. These pages are streamlined to be able to load quickly in locations with low bandwidth. Resources on the pages include local databases of medical articles (e.g., African Index Medicus, BIREME), a PubMed search interface in native language, where available, and location-specific disease information. Currently there are pages for Duke programs in Nicaragua, Tanzania, and Kenya. These pages are linked off the Library's global health subject guide athttp://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/subject/globalhealth/tools. If you are working with a Duke site that is interested in a page, please contact Megan von Isenburg at 660-1131 or megan.vonisenburg@duke.edu
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| UPCOMING EVENTS
Check our Duke Global Health Institute Calendar regularly for more events.
"Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in Africa: Much Ado About Something" with George Mensah, CDC
February 19, 2008 - Noon - 1 p.m.
Duke Engage in Durham Information Session
February 19, 2008 - 3 - 4 p.m.
Duke Medical Brigade Information SessionFebruary 19, 2008 - 7:00 p.m., East Campus
Building Schools in Kenya: Two Perspectives
February 20, 2008 - Noon -- John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240
Outcomes of the Durham Family Initiative
February 20, 2008 - Noon - 1:30 (please bring bag lunch) --Erwin Square Mill Building, Bay C Conference Room, Durham
CFAR Chalk Talk
February 20, 2008: 5-7 pm. The Duke Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) sponsors "Chalk Talks" as a way to facilitate scientific discussions between basic and clinical investigators. This week the "Chalk Talk" will offer presentations on "Use of the PASS Techniques and Detection of Minority Species," and "Sorting Though New Data on PMTCT Including Breastfeeding."
Information Session: Vulnerable Children Research and Care in Rwanda
February 22, 2008 - 4 p.m.
Networks and New Methods for Global Health: A mid-winter meeting of the American Sociological Association Methods Section
February 23, 2008 9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
"Exposed Today, Grandchildren Pay"
February 26: 12:15 PM. Professor Mark A. Rothstein of the University of Louisville will address the legal and ethical implications of transgenerational environmental epigenetics at the seventh annual Rabbi Seymour Siegel Memorial Lecture in Ethics.
University Seminar on Global Health: Responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa - Bob Einterz, Indiana University
March 6, 2008 - 4 p.m.
UPCOMING NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
February 24-27, 2008
Microbicides 2008 Conference: "Striving for HIV Prevention", New Delhi, India
February 29, 2008
The Impact of Poverty, Culture and Environment on Minority Health. Featuring the 10th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture: "The Science and Epidemiology of Racism and Health in the United States: an Ecosocial Perspective by Nancy Krieger, M.S., Ph.D. William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center, Chapel Hill
March 10-12, 2008
Partnering for Global Health Forum 2008 organized by BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH) and the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Washington, DC
April 12-13, 2008,
Unite for Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference "Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow" with keynote Addresses by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Susan Blumenthal, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
May 27 - June 1, 2008
Global Health Council hosts its annual international meeting Washington DC | |
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